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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 520, NWS Jackson, MS

July 25, 1998Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1998, 6:36 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1998, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMadison, MSSeveral trees were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1403 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 252336 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC049-089-260025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
636 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF JACKSON OR IN THE VICINITY OF MADISON MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MADISON                     BY NOW
  RIDGELAND                   BY 650 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo33 min
Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence49 min
Jul 25, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence2 hr
Jul 25, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin48 min
Jul 25, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah51 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.